oliviajoy - Hello Poetry

oliviajoy

oliviajoy

United States Despite wide eyes and double takes, I think there's a thin film of dust over the lens of my eyes, or maybe my optic nerve is just a little rusty. I don't think my life was supposed to look like this.

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